September 2016 SIR epidemics with stages of infection
Claude Lefèvre, Massimiliano Giorgio
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Adv. in Appl. Probab. 48(3): 768-791 (September 2016).

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In this paper we are concerned with a stochastic model for the spread of an epidemic in a closed homogeneously mixing population when an infective can go through several stages of infection before being removed. The transitions between stages are governed by either a Markov process or a semi-Markov process. An infective of any stage makes contacts amongst the population at the points of a Poisson process. Our main purpose is to derive the distribution of the final epidemic size and severity, as well as an approximation by branching, using simple matrix analytic methods. Some illustrations are given, including a model with treatment discussed by Gani (2006).

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Claude Lefèvre. Massimiliano Giorgio. "SIR epidemics with stages of infection." Adv. in Appl. Probab. 48 (3) 768 - 791, September 2016.

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Published: September 2016
First available in Project Euclid: 19 September 2016

zbMATH: 1352.92159
MathSciNet: MR3568891

Subjects:
Primary: 60J20
Secondary: 60K15 , 92D30

Keywords: Epidemic model , final size and severity , Markovian or semi-Markovian infection process , matrix analytic method , phase-type distribution

Rights: Copyright © 2016 Applied Probability Trust

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